Scott Speed on ARCA madness

Scott Speed's scouting report on the field of drivers for today's Racing for Wildlife 200 ARCA Re/Max Series race is pretty simple: Keep an eye out for a handful of talented drivers ... and a slew of reckless ones.

"The front 10 are a reasonable racing series," Speed said Thursday after claiming the pole for today's race. "The rest are just in the way."

Speed might not be too far off on his assessment. One amateur oddsmaker says the odds are even that there will be a crash on the first lap, and he's offering double or nothing bets that there will be a crash in the first turn on Lap 1.

One interesting suggestion for making the start even more interesting: invert the field. The difference in qualifying speed between the top qualifier and the worst qualifier Thursday was 29 mph.

Just imagine how much fun it would be if the slowest cars started up front with the fastest ones in the back.